Rustic Wood Burned Wedding Picture Frame

Wedding season is upon us once again. I started wood burning picture frames, at the end of last year. I did one for Halloween, this lovely wedding keepsake frame, and one for Easter. I love woodburning, though it is still quite new to me. This would make a lovely wedding gift for anyone getting married, or even as an anniversary gift. For full details, check it out in my Etsy store.


 I finally got the right white yarn, to finish my newest idea. I can't tell you what it is, you will have to wait and see. I ordered some new ring settings, and they should be here any day now. So, new jewelry items, yay! I would really love to do some new resin pieces, but until the ones I already have in inventory start to sell, that just doesn't make sense. I did not get to paint at all last week, or do anything crafty, really. But, that all changes today. I should have lots of free time to be crafty. My garden needs work too.

Wood Burning Project #2 Wedding Picture Frame Keepsake

Last night I sat down to do my second wood burning project. I purchased a basic wooden frame, at my local craft store. Then I hand drew all the items onto the wood. Then of course I burned the design onto the wood. You can see the results. You must have some good hand strength, and a steady hand too, to do wood burning. I wear a sock, or glove, when I wood burn, because the instrument gets so hot it is hard to hold for long periods of time. My son, and daughter both want to give wood burning a try. I think it is fine for my son, not sure about my daughter. This is available to purchase in my store, Melissas Menagerie of Stuff, on Etsy. It can be stained, painted, and personalized with name and date. I think I like the frames better than the plaque, which I did last time. It just seems to be more usable than a plaque. But, I will do those too. Custom orders are always welcome. I am using a new photo editor, and getting use to it,  so if some of the edges look funny that is why. 

Blue Diamonds

Continuing with the diamond theme, because diamonds are the birthstone for April babies. Anyone who has read this blog before knows that blue diamonds are my favorite. I own only the small blue diamonds shown in the ring, that I wear as an alternate wedding band. The loose blue diamond is not mine, I wish. I did have a blue diamond vintage ring, that I sold to a lovely lady, who adores it. It was way too big for my petite hand, and I could never be comfortable wearing it. Fine London Blue Topaz, or Kashmir Blue Sapphire can look just like a blue diamond. Matter of fact when I wear this wedding band, I wear a solitaire London Blue Topaz with it. You would never know it was not a blue diamond. There are blue diamond synthetics, and simulants that are very affordable, and I just saw where there is now a blue Moisannite.